Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 049
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Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, ye peoples, from
far: HaShem hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath He
made mention of my name
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And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow
of His hand hath He hid me; and He hath made me a polished shaft, in His quiver
hath He concealed me
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And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom
I will be glorified.
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But I said: 'I have laboured in vain, I have spent my
strength for nought and vanity; yet surely my right is with HaShem, and my
recompense with my G-d.
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And now saith HaShem that formed me from the womb to be His
servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, and that Israel be gathered unto Him--for I
am honourable in the eyes of HaShem, and my G-d is become my strength-
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Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest
be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of
Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may
be unto the end of the earth.
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Thus saith HaShem, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to
him who is despised of men, to him who is abhorred of nations, to a servant of
rulers: kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of HaShem that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen
thee
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Thus saith HaShem: in an acceptable time have I answered
thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to cause to
inherit the desolate heritages
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Saying to the prisoners: 'Go forth'; to them that are in
darkness: 'Show yourselves'; they shall feed in the ways, and in all high hills
shall be their pasture
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They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat
nor sun smite them; for He that hath compassion on them will lead them, even by
the springs of water will He guide them
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And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways
shall be raised on high
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Behold, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the
north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim
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Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth
into singing, O mountains; for HaShem hath comforted His people, and hath
compassion upon His afflicted
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But Zion said: 'The HaShem hath forsaken me, and the L-rd
hath forgotten me.
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not
have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, these may forget, yet will not I
forget thee
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Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy
walls are continually before Me
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Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made
thee waste shall go forth from thee
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these
gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith HaShem, thou
shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself
with them, like a bride
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For thy waste and thy desolate places and thy land that
hath been destroyed--surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants,
and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away
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The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine
ears: 'The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
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Then shalt thou say in thy heart: 'Who hath begotten me
these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile,
and wandering to and fro? And who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left
alone; these, where were they?
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Thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I will lift up My hand to
the nations, and set up Mine ensign to the peoples, and they shall bring thy
sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders
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And kings shall be thy foster-fathers, and their queens
thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face to the earth,
and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am HaShem, for they
shall not be ashamed that wait for Me
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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives
of the victorious be delivered
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But thus saith HaShem: even the captives of the mighty
shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; and I will
contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own
flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and
all flesh shall know that I HaShem am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty
One of Jacob
Book 12 : NEVIIM - ISAIAH - Chapter 049
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